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interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3" title="کاتلین سیبیلیوس – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="کاتلین سیبیلیوس" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Sebeliusov%C3%A1" title="Kathleen Sebeliusová – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Kathleen Sebeliusová" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Sebelius" title="Kathleen Sebelius – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Kathleen Sebelius" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Sebelius" title="Kathleen Sebelius – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kathleen Sebelius" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Sebelius" title="Kathleen Sebelius – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Kathleen Sebelius" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3" title="کاتلین سیبیلیوس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کاتلین سیبیلیوس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Sebelius" title="Kathleen Sebelius – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Kathleen Sebelius" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BA%90%EC%8A%AC%EB%A6%B0_%EC%8B%9C%EB%B9%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%96%B4%EC%8A%A4" title="캐슬린 시빌리어스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="캐슬린 시빌리어스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%94%D5%A1%D5%A9%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%8D%D5%AB%D5%A2%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD" title="Քաթլին Սիբելիուս – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Քաթլին Սիբելիուս" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Sebelius" title="Kathleen Sebelius – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kathleen Sebelius" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Sebelius" title="Kathleen Sebelius – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Kathleen Sebelius" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%AA%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%A1%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1" title="קתלין סבליוס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קתלין סבליוס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98" title="კეთლინ სიბელიუსი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კეთლინ სიბელიუსი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3" title="كاثلين سيبيليوس – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="كاثلين سيبيليوس" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B9" title="キャスリーン・セベリウス – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="キャスリーン・セベリウス" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Sebelius" title="Kathleen Sebelius – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Kathleen Sebelius" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Sebelius" title="Kathleen Sebelius – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Kathleen Sebelius" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Sebelius" title="Kathleen Sebelius – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Kathleen Sebelius" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Sebelius" title="Kathleen Sebelius – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Kathleen Sebelius" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%83%D1%81,_%D0%9A%D1%8D%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Сибелиус, Кэтлин – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Сибелиус, Кэтлин" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Sebelius" title="Kathleen Sebelius – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Kathleen Sebelius" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Corr" title="Bill Corr">Bill Corr</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Leavitt" title="Mike Leavitt">Mike Leavitt</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Mathews_Burwell" title="Sylvia Mathews Burwell">Sylvia Mathews Burwell</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">44th <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Kansas" title="List of governors of Kansas">Governor of Kansas</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 13, 2003 – April 28, 2009</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Lieutenant</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_E._Moore_(politician)" title="John E. Moore (politician)">John E. Moore</a><br />Mark Parkinson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Graves" title="Bill Graves">Bill Graves</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Parkinson" title="Mark Parkinson">Mark Parkinson</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">23rd <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Insurance_Commissioner" title="Kansas Insurance Commissioner">Kansas Insurance Commissioner</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 9, 1995 – January 13, 2003</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Graves" title="Bill Graves">Bill Graves</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Ronald L. Todd</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Praeger" title="Sandy Praeger">Sandy Praeger</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Kansas_House_of_Representatives" title="Kansas House of Representatives">Kansas House of Representatives</a></span><br />from the 56th district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1987–1995</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Judith C. Runnels</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Kirk_(politician)" title="Nancy Kirk (politician)">Nancy Kirk</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Kathleen Gilligan</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1948-05-15</span>) </span>May 15, 1948<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 76)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a>, Ohio, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/K._Gary_Sebelius" title="K. Gary Sebelius">K. Gary Sebelius</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1974)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_J._Gilligan" title="John J. Gilligan">John J. Gilligan</a> (father)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Keith_Sebelius" title="Keith Sebelius">Keith Sebelius</a> <br />(father-in-law)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Trinity_Washington_University" title="Trinity Washington University">Trinity Washington University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Kansas" title="University of Kansas">University of Kansas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Public_Administration" title="Master of Public Administration">MPA</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1096940132">.mw-parser-output .listen .side-box-text{line-height:1.1em}.mw-parser-output .listen-plain{border:none;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded{width:100%;margin:0;border-width:1px 0 0 0;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-header{padding:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded .listen-header{padding:2px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen-file-header{padding:4px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen .description{padding-top:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen .mw-tmh-player{max-width:100%}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .listen{clear:both}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .listen:not(.listen-noimage){width:320px}.mw-parser-output .listen-left{overflow:visible;float:left}.mw-parser-output .listen-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-left listen noprint listen-embedded listen-noimage listen-center"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:HHS_Secretary_Kathleen_Sebelius_Testifies_on_the_FY2010_HHS_Budget.ogg" title="File:HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Testifies on the FY2010 HHS Budget.ogg">Kathleen Sebelius's voice</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="215" style="width:215px;" data-durationhint="384" data-mwtitle="HHS_Secretary_Kathleen_Sebelius_Testifies_on_the_FY2010_HHS_Budget.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/HHS_Secretary_Kathleen_Sebelius_Testifies_on_the_FY2010_HHS_Budget.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7a/HHS_Secretary_Kathleen_Sebelius_Testifies_on_the_FY2010_HHS_Budget.ogg/HHS_Secretary_Kathleen_Sebelius_Testifies_on_the_FY2010_HHS_Budget.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">Sebelius testifies before a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Appropriations_Subcommittee_on_Labor,_Health_and_Human_Services,_Education,_and_Related_Agencies" title="United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies">Senate Appropriations subcommittee</a> on the FY2010 <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="United States Department of Health and Human Services">HHS</a> budget<br />Recorded June 9, 2009</div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kathleen Sebelius</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span>/</a></span></span>; née <b>Gilligan</b>, born May 15, 1948) is an American politician who served as the 21st <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="United States Secretary of Health and Human Services">United States Secretary of Health and Human Services</a> from 2009 until 2014. As Secretary of Health and Human Services, Sebelius was instrumental in overseeing the implementation of the <a href="/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">Affordable Care Act</a>. Before becoming secretary, she served as the <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Kansas" title="List of governors of Kansas">44th governor of Kansas</a> from 2003 to 2009, the second woman to hold that office. She is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>. Sebelius was the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_response_to_the_State_of_the_Union_address" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic response to the State of the Union address">Democratic respondent</a> to the <a href="/wiki/2008_State_of_the_Union_address" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 State of the Union address">2008 State of the Union address</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is chair-emerita of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Governors_Association" title="Democratic Governors Association">Democratic Governors Association</a> (she was its first female chair).<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is CEO of Sebelius Resources LLC. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathleen_Sebelius&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sebelius was born and raised in <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati,_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Cincinnati, Ohio">Cincinnati, Ohio</a>, the daughter of Mary Kathryn (née Dixon) and <a href="/wiki/John_J._Gilligan" title="John J. Gilligan">John J. Gilligan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sebelius was the second oldest of four children in her family.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her family ran funeral homes and her father was a city councilor in Cincinnati.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jack Gilligan ran for Congress near the end of Sebelius's time in high school and served one term in Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her father was elected <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Ohio">governor of Ohio</a> when Sebelius was 21 years old.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sebelius worked in her father's campaign traveling around the state.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her family was <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a> and has Irish ancestry.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She attended the <a href="/wiki/Summit_Country_Day_School" title="Summit Country Day School">Summit Country Day School</a> in Cincinnati and graduated from <a href="/wiki/Trinity_Washington_University" title="Trinity Washington University">Trinity Washington University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> in <a href="/wiki/Political_science" title="Political science">political science</a>. She later earned a <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Public_Administration" title="Master of Public Administration">Master of Public Administration</a> degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Kansas" title="University of Kansas">University of Kansas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She moved to Kansas in 1974. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_career">Early career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathleen_Sebelius&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sebelius served as executive director and chief lobbyist for the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association from 1977 to 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Kansas_House_of_Representatives_(1987–1995)"><span id="Kansas_House_of_Representatives_.281987.E2.80.931995.29"></span>Kansas House of Representatives (1987–1995)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathleen_Sebelius&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Kansas House of Representatives (1987–1995)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sebelius was first elected to the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_House_of_Representatives" title="Kansas House of Representatives">Kansas House of Representatives</a> in 1986. She won re-election in 1988, 1990, and 1992. She represented <a href="/wiki/Topeka,_Kansas" title="Topeka, Kansas">Topeka, Kansas</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure">Tenure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathleen_Sebelius&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Tenure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election" title="1988 United States presidential election">1988 presidential election</a>, she endorsed <a href="/wiki/Gary_Hart" title="Gary Hart">Gary Hart</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1991, she ran to become House Majority Leader but lost to State Representative <a href="/wiki/Tom_Sawyer_(Kansas_politician)" title="Tom Sawyer (Kansas politician)">Tom Sawyer</a> of <a href="/wiki/Wichita,_Kansas" title="Wichita, Kansas">Wichita</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She is strongly <a href="/wiki/Abortion-rights_movements" class="mw-redirect" title="Abortion-rights movements">pro-choice</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Committee_assignments">Committee assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathleen_Sebelius&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Committee assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Federal and State Affairs Committee (Chair)<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Kansas_Insurance_Commissioner_(1995–2003)"><span id="Kansas_Insurance_Commissioner_.281995.E2.80.932003.29"></span>Kansas Insurance Commissioner (1995–2003)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathleen_Sebelius&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Kansas Insurance Commissioner (1995–2003)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1994, Sebelius left the state House of Representatives to run for state Insurance Commissioner and stunned political forecasters by winning – the first time a Democrat had won the position in over a century. </p><p>She refused to take <a href="/wiki/Campaign_finance" title="Campaign finance">campaign contributions</a> from the insurance industry and blocked the proposed merger of <a href="/wiki/Blue_Cross_Blue_Shield" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue Cross Blue Shield">Blue Cross Blue Shield</a> of Kansas, the state's largest <a href="/wiki/Health_insurance" title="Health insurance">health insurer</a>, with an <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a>-based company. Sebelius's decision marked the first time the corporation had been rebuffed in its acquisition attempts.<sup id="cite_ref-NWTF_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NWTF-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When Sebelius became commissioner in 1995, the Insurance Department had an annual budget of $11.7 million. By 2002, the budget had been cut to $10 million. Among the cuts was spending on contracted services after Sebelius fired two contracted lawyers after an audit discovered they had overbilled the state.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2001 Sebelius was named as one of <i><a href="/wiki/Governing_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Governing Magazine">Governing Magazine</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Public Officials of the Year while she was serving as Kansas Insurance Commissioner.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governor_of_Kansas_(2003–2009)"><span id="Governor_of_Kansas_.282003.E2.80.932009.29"></span>Governor of Kansas (2003–2009)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathleen_Sebelius&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Governor of Kansas (2003–2009)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Condoleezza_Rice_with_Governors.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Condoleezza_Rice_with_Governors.jpg/220px-Condoleezza_Rice_with_Governors.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Condoleezza_Rice_with_Governors.jpg/330px-Condoleezza_Rice_with_Governors.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Condoleezza_Rice_with_Governors.jpg/440px-Condoleezza_Rice_with_Governors.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="405" /></a><figcaption>Kathleen Sebelius (second from left) with <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Mississippi" title="Governor of Mississippi">Mississippi Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Haley_Barbour" title="Haley Barbour">Haley Barbour</a> (first left), <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">United States Secretary of State</a> <a href="/wiki/Condoleezza_Rice" title="Condoleezza Rice">Condoleezza Rice</a> (center), <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Michigan" title="Governor of Michigan">Michigan Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Granholm" title="Jennifer Granholm">Jennifer Granholm</a> (fourth), and <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Georgia" title="Governor of Georgia">Georgia Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Perdue" title="Sonny Perdue">Sonny Perdue</a> (right)</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2002_election">2002 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathleen_Sebelius&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2002 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2002_Kansas_gubernatorial_election" title="2002 Kansas gubernatorial election">2002 Kansas gubernatorial election</a></div> <p>In the general election, Sebelius's platform included promises to protect school budgets from budget cuts, not to raise taxes, and to completely review and overhaul the state government.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sebelius raised $4 million for the campaign, a Kansas state fundraising record.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sebelius defeated <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <a href="/wiki/Kansas_State_Treasurer" title="Kansas State Treasurer">Kansas State Treasurer</a> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Shallenburger" title="Tim Shallenburger">Tim Shallenburger</a> 53%–45%.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sebelius's election made her and her father the first father/daughter governor duo in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_term">First term</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathleen_Sebelius&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: First term"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Throughout her first term, Sebelius built upon her popularity and in January 2006 was tied for 20th most popular governor in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election" title="2004 United States presidential election">2004 election</a>, CNN speculated Sebelius could be a potential running mate for <a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2005, <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> named Sebelius as one of the five best governors in America, praising her for eliminating a $1.1 billion <a href="/wiki/Debt" title="Debt">debt</a> she inherited, ferreting out waste in state government, and strongly supporting public education – all without raising taxes, although she proposed raising sales, property, and income taxes.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The article also praised her bipartisan approach to governing, a useful trait in a state where Republicans have usually controlled the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Legislature" title="Kansas Legislature">Legislature</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2006, the <a href="/wiki/The_White_House_Project" title="The White House Project">White House Project</a> named Sebelius one of its "8 in '08", a group of eight female politicians who could possibly run and be elected president in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was also cited by <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> to be among the women most likely to become the first female President of the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-Zernike2008_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zernike2008-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2006, the <a href="/wiki/Cato_Institute" title="Cato Institute">Cato Institute</a> gave Sebelius the grade of "D" on their biennial fiscal policy report card, which measures the fiscal performance of U.S. governors based on spending and taxes. Her grade was influenced by the combination of proposed tax increases and expanded spending growth beyond population plus inflation.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2006_re-election">2006 re-election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathleen_Sebelius&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2006 re-election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2006_Kansas_gubernatorial_election" title="2006 Kansas gubernatorial election">2006 Kansas gubernatorial election</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FEMA_-_31226_-_Governor_Sebelius_meets_with_FEMA_Regional_Admin._Hainje.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/FEMA_-_31226_-_Governor_Sebelius_meets_with_FEMA_Regional_Admin._Hainje.jpg/220px-FEMA_-_31226_-_Governor_Sebelius_meets_with_FEMA_Regional_Admin._Hainje.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/FEMA_-_31226_-_Governor_Sebelius_meets_with_FEMA_Regional_Admin._Hainje.jpg/330px-FEMA_-_31226_-_Governor_Sebelius_meets_with_FEMA_Regional_Admin._Hainje.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/FEMA_-_31226_-_Governor_Sebelius_meets_with_FEMA_Regional_Admin._Hainje.jpg/440px-FEMA_-_31226_-_Governor_Sebelius_meets_with_FEMA_Regional_Admin._Hainje.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2366" /></a><figcaption>Sebelius meets with <a href="/wiki/Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency" title="Federal Emergency Management Agency">FEMA</a> workers in Kansas.</figcaption></figure> <p>On May 26, 2006, Sebelius formally announced her candidacy for re-election. Four days later, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Parkinson" title="Mark Parkinson">Mark Parkinson</a>, former chair of the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Republican_Party" title="Kansas Republican Party">Kansas Republican Party</a>, switched his party affiliation to Democrat; the following day Sebelius announced that Parkinson would be her running mate for <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Kansas" title="Lieutenant Governor of Kansas">lieutenant governor</a>. Parkinson had previously served in the state House during 1991 and 1992 and the Senate from 1993 to 1997. Parkinson was viewed as a pro-business <a href="/wiki/Moderate" class="mw-redirect" title="Moderate">moderate</a> who strongly supported <a href="/wiki/Public_education" class="mw-redirect" title="Public education">public education</a>. This was somewhat reminiscent of the fact that <a href="/wiki/John_E._Moore_(politician)" title="John E. Moore (politician)">John Moore</a> had also been a Republican, before switching just days before joining Sebelius as her running mate.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She was challenged by Republican <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Senate" title="Kansas Senate">Kansas State Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Barnett_(Kansas_politician)" title="Jim Barnett (Kansas politician)">Jim Barnett</a>. A September 1 <a href="/wiki/Rasmussen_Reports" title="Rasmussen Reports">Rasmussen</a> poll showed Sebelius with an 11% lead over Barnett.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other polls gave Sebelius as much as a 20% lead. As of 2004<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kathleen_Sebelius&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, 50% of Kansas voters were registered Republicans, compared to 27% as registered Democrats.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sebelius nevertheless won re-election, defeating Barnett 57%–41%. Because of Kansas's <a href="/wiki/Term_limits" class="mw-redirect" title="Term limits">term limits</a> law, her second term as Governor was her last. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_term">Second term</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathleen_Sebelius&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Second term"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Kansas_state_budget_(2008%E2%80%932009)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kansas state budget (2008–2009)">Kansas state budget (2008–2009)</a></div> <p>In February 2008, during Sebelius's second term in office, there was a report in the <i><a href="/wiki/Wichita_Eagle" class="mw-redirect" title="Wichita Eagle">Wichita Eagle</a></i> that the State of Kansas was suspending <a href="/wiki/Tax_refund" title="Tax refund">tax refunds</a> and that, because of a lack of tax revenue, might not be able to meet payroll for state employees.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sebelius called for issuing certificates of indebtedness, moving funds from various state agency accounts into the general fund to alleviate the crisis. However, Republican leaders in the legislature did not agree with her certificate of indebtedness plan, saying the state would be unable to repay the certificates unless Sebelius issued allotments or signed a budget rescission bill that had been passed by the legislature but had not yet been delivered to her desk. The standoff ended when the budget arrived, and Sebelius agreed to sign it, although she line-item vetoed several cuts she felt were too large. The rescission bill reduced the budget by about $300 million. $7 million of the cuts came in the form of reduced educational funding.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kathleen_Sebelius_2008_DNC_(2809671990)_(cropped1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Kathleen_Sebelius_2008_DNC_%282809671990%29_%28cropped1%29.jpg/220px-Kathleen_Sebelius_2008_DNC_%282809671990%29_%28cropped1%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Kathleen_Sebelius_2008_DNC_%282809671990%29_%28cropped1%29.jpg/330px-Kathleen_Sebelius_2008_DNC_%282809671990%29_%28cropped1%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Kathleen_Sebelius_2008_DNC_%282809671990%29_%28cropped1%29.jpg/440px-Kathleen_Sebelius_2008_DNC_%282809671990%29_%28cropped1%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1278" data-file-height="1007" /></a><figcaption>Sebelius speaks during the second day of the <a href="/wiki/2008_Democratic_National_Convention" title="2008 Democratic National Convention">2008 Democratic National Convention</a> in <a href="/wiki/Denver,_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver, Colorado">Denver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>After <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>'s clinching of the Democratic nomination for President in June 2008, speculation that Sebelius would be a contender for the <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">vice presidential</a> slot on the Democratic ticket continued.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i><a href="/wiki/Washington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Post">Washington Post</a></i> listed her as the top prospect for the 2008 nomination.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/James_Carville" title="James Carville">James Carville</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Novak" title="Robert Novak">Bob Novak</a> also mentioned Sebelius's name,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Wesley_Clark" title="Wesley Clark">Wesley Clark</a>, also considered a potential running mate, publicly endorsed Sebelius, referring to her as "the next vice-president of the United States".<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Speculation that the vice presidential nomination lay in her future was heightened by the fact that she was chosen by the Democratic Party's congressional leaders to give their party's official response to Republican president <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>'s <a href="/wiki/2008_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2008 State of the Union Address">2008 State of the Union Address</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next day, she endorsed <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign">Obama's campaign</a>, one week before the Kansas caucus on <a href="/wiki/Super_Tuesday" title="Super Tuesday">Super Tuesday</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Obama won the caucus easily, with 74% support.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Speculation on her vice presidential selection intensified when a report from political ad agency insider, Tribble Ad Agency, reported on its website that the Obama Campaign owned the domain name "ObamaSebelius.com" through the <a href="/wiki/GoDaddy.com" class="mw-redirect" title="GoDaddy.com">GoDaddy.com</a> registration service.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, just after midnight on August 23, it was reported by the <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a> that Obama ultimately selected <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a>, the senior senator from <a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a>, as his running mate.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sebelius is a former chair of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Governors_Association" title="Democratic Governors Association">Democratic Governors Association</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was the first female chair of the association (elected as such in 2006).<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services_(2009–2014)"><span id="U.S._Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services_.282009.E2.80.932014.29"></span>U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (2009–2014)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathleen_Sebelius&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (2009–2014)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kathleen_Sebelius_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services_nomination.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Kathleen_Sebelius_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services_nomination.jpg/220px-Kathleen_Sebelius_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services_nomination.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Kathleen_Sebelius_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services_nomination.jpg/330px-Kathleen_Sebelius_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services_nomination.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Kathleen_Sebelius_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services_nomination.jpg/440px-Kathleen_Sebelius_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services_nomination.jpg 2x" data-file-width="624" data-file-height="351" /></a><figcaption>Sebelius accepting her nomination by President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> as Secretary of Health and Human Services</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nomination">Nomination</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathleen_Sebelius&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Nomination"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sebelius was an early supporter of Barack Obama's presidential campaign, endorsing him in January 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After he was elected the President of the United States, Sebelius' early support for Obama and her ability to govern as a Democrat in a heavily Republican state made Sebelius look like a likely nominee for Obama's <a href="/wiki/United_States_Cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Cabinet">Cabinet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sebelius asked to be removed from consideration on December 6, 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following <a href="/wiki/Bill_Richardson" title="Bill Richardson">Bill Richardson</a>'s withdrawal as Obama's nomination for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Commerce" title="United States Secretary of Commerce">Secretary of Commerce</a>, there was media speculation that Sebelius would be chosen as the new nominee.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Through a spokesperson, Sebelius reiterated her earlier statement that she would not consider accepting a nomination to the Cabinet position.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On February 28, 2009, it was reported that Sebelius had accepted Obama's nomination for the position of <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of Health and Human Services">Secretary of Health and Human Services</a>. On March 2, 2009, Obama officially announced Governor Sebelius as his nominee.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At Obama's announcement, Sebelius was accompanied by two Kansas Republicans, former U.S. Senators <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Bob Dole</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pat_Roberts" title="Pat Roberts">Pat Roberts</a>. </p><p>Sebelius was Obama's second choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services. Obama's first pick, former Senator <a href="/wiki/Tom_Daschle" title="Tom Daschle">Tom Daschle</a>, withdrew from consideration on February 3 after it was revealed he had over $140,000 in tax errors.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a March 2009 letter to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Finance" title="United States Senate Committee on Finance">Senate Finance Committee</a>, Sebelius admitted to "unintentional errors" in tax returns and paid nearly $8,000 in back taxes to rectify the errors.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A letter to Sebelius from Senate Finance Committee Chairman <a href="/wiki/Max_Baucus" title="Max Baucus">Max Baucus</a> and ranking member <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Grassley" title="Chuck Grassley">Chuck Grassley</a> acknowledged their review of Sebelius found no other items needing to be addressed and Baucus, a Democrat, publicly expressed his continued support for Sebelius' nomination.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kathleen_Sebelius_in_HHS_meeting_4-28-09.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Kathleen_Sebelius_in_HHS_meeting_4-28-09.jpg/220px-Kathleen_Sebelius_in_HHS_meeting_4-28-09.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Kathleen_Sebelius_in_HHS_meeting_4-28-09.jpg/330px-Kathleen_Sebelius_in_HHS_meeting_4-28-09.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Kathleen_Sebelius_in_HHS_meeting_4-28-09.jpg/440px-Kathleen_Sebelius_in_HHS_meeting_4-28-09.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3500" data-file-height="2334" /></a><figcaption>Sebelius at an <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="United States Department of Health and Human Services">HHS</a> meeting in April 2009</figcaption></figure> <p>Anti-abortion activists and senators were the primary opponents of Sebelius's nomination.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In answer to questions from the Senate Finance Committee during her April 2009 confirmation hearing, Sebelius stated she received $12,450 between 1994 and 2001 from physician <a href="/wiki/George_Tiller" title="George Tiller">George Tiller</a>, one of only three late term abortion providers nationwide, who was later assassinated. <a href="/wiki/The_Associated_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="The Associated Press">The Associated Press</a>, however, reported that from 2000 to 2002 Tiller gave at least $23,000 more to a political action committee Sebelius established to raise money for Democrats while she was serving as state insurance commissioner.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Senate Finance Committee approved Sebelius' nomination with a vote of 15 to 8.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The full United States Senate voted to confirm Sebelius by a vote of 65 to 31.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was sworn in on April 28, 2009,<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> amidst an <a href="/wiki/2009_swine_flu_outbreak_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 swine flu outbreak in the United States">outbreak</a> of <a href="/wiki/Swine_flu" class="mw-redirect" title="Swine flu">swine flu</a> in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lieutenant Governor Parkinson was sworn in as Governor of Kansas and served the remainder of Sebelius's term.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As Secretary of Health and Human Services, Sebelius led an agency with 6,500 employees and a $700 billion annual budget.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_46-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Affordable_Care_Act">Affordable Care Act</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathleen_Sebelius&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Affordable Care Act"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kathleen_Sebelius_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Kathleen_Sebelius_%282%29.jpg/220px-Kathleen_Sebelius_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Kathleen_Sebelius_%282%29.jpg/330px-Kathleen_Sebelius_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Kathleen_Sebelius_%282%29.jpg/440px-Kathleen_Sebelius_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3216" data-file-height="2136" /></a><figcaption>Sebelius and <a href="/wiki/Todd_Park" title="Todd Park">Todd Park</a>, the White House's chief technology officer</figcaption></figure> <p>Sebelius is a staunch advocate for the <a href="/wiki/Affordable_Care_Act" title="Affordable Care Act">Affordable Care Act</a> (ACA), also known as Obamacare. In response to glitches and failures during the launch of the ACA website, <a href="/wiki/HealthCare.gov" title="HealthCare.gov">HealthCare.gov</a>, she said in October 2013, "You deserve better. I apologize. I'm accountable to you for fixing these problems and I'm committed to earning your confidence back by fixing the site."<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Republicans called for her resignation in response to the website problems.<sup id="cite_ref-USAT10292013_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USAT10292013-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOXNews10242013_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOXNews10242013-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fifty-five members of the House of Representatives called for her resignation, while U.S. Senators <a href="/wiki/Ted_Cruz" title="Ted Cruz">Ted Cruz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lamar_Alexander" title="Lamar Alexander">Lamar Alexander</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pat_Roberts" title="Pat Roberts">Pat Roberts</a> all called for her resignation.<sup id="cite_ref-USAT10292013_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USAT10292013-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOXNews10242013_70-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOXNews10242013-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response to the calls to resign, Sebelius said: "The majority of people calling for me to resign I would say are people who I don't work for, and who do not want this program to work in the first place."<sup id="cite_ref-USAT10292013_69-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USAT10292013-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOXNews10242013_70-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOXNews10242013-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009, 2010, and 2011, <i><a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a></i> named Sebelius the 57th, 23rd, and 13th most powerful woman in the world, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hatch_Act_concern">Hatch Act concern</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathleen_Sebelius&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Hatch Act concern"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On September 13, 2012, the Office of Special Counsel charged Sebelius with violating the <a href="/wiki/Hatch_Act_of_1939" class="mw-redirect" title="Hatch Act of 1939">Hatch Act</a> by making a political remark during an official government event. Sebelius's office reclassified the event from official to political and reimbursed the government's expenses.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Resignation">Resignation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathleen_Sebelius&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Resignation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On April 11, 2014, Sebelius announced her resignation from her position as Secretary of Health and Human Services. That same day, President Obama nominated <a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Mathews_Burwell" title="Sylvia Mathews Burwell">Sylvia Mathews Burwell</a> as Sebelius' successor.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PBS_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PBS-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Burwell was sworn in on June 9, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_positions">Political positions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathleen_Sebelius&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Political positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Abortion">Abortion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathleen_Sebelius&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Abortion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sebelius is "staunchly <a href="/wiki/Pro-choice" class="mw-redirect" title="Pro-choice">pro-choice</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her office stated that <a href="/wiki/Abortion" title="Abortion">abortions</a> declined 8.5% during her tenure as governor.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment statistics, the number of induced abortions in Kansas declined by 1,568, or 12.6%, from 2001 to 2007, the year of the most recently available statistics.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her administration attributes the decline to <a href="/wiki/Health_care" title="Health care">health care</a> reforms that Sebelius initiated, including "<a href="/wiki/Adoption" title="Adoption">adoption</a> incentives, extended health services for <a href="/wiki/Pregnant" class="mw-redirect" title="Pregnant">pregnant</a> women..., <a href="/wiki/Sex_education" title="Sex education">sex education</a> and ... a variety of support services for families".<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nationally, the number of abortions declined approximately 7.6% from 2000 to 2005, the year of the most recently available and reliable U.S. statistics.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sebelius has been endorsed by <a href="/wiki/Planned_Parenthood" title="Planned Parenthood">Planned Parenthood</a>, which has raised funds on her behalf.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2003, 2005, 2006, and again in 2008, Sebelius vetoed legislation that would have limited abortions in Kansas. </p><p>On April 21, 2008, Sebelius vetoed House Substitute for Senate Bill 389, titled the <i>Comprehensive Abortion Reform Act</i> by its sponsors. Proponents of the bill argued the legislation would strengthen late-term abortion laws and prevent so-called "<a href="/wiki/Coercion" title="Coercion">coerced</a> abortions", particularly with respect to minors. The <i><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Star" class="mw-redirect" title="Kansas City Star">Kansas City Star</a></i> reported that HS SB 389 would have required the State of Kansas to collect patient diagnostic information providing detailed medical justification for late-term abortions, and would have also permitted litigants to sue abortion providers if they thought that a relative of theirs was planning a late-term abortion in violation of Kansas law.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sebelius objected to the constitutionality, efficacy and morality of the proposed legislation. She wrote, "The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Supreme Court">United States Supreme Court</a> decisions make clear that any law regulating abortion must contain exceptions for pregnancies which endanger the woman's life or health. However, SB 389 allows a variety of individuals to seek a court order preventing a woman from obtaining an abortion, even where it may be necessary to save her life. I am concerned that the bill is unconstitutional or even worse, endangers the lives of women." In addition, she expressed concern that the bill would "likely encourage extensive litigation" and that it "unnecessarily jeopardizes the privacy of Kansas women's confidential medical records".<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_81-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sebelius is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a>; however, in early March 2009, then-<a href="/wiki/Archbishop" title="Archbishop">Archbishop</a> <a href="/wiki/Raymond_Leo_Burke" title="Raymond Leo Burke">Raymond Leo Burke</a>, prefect for the <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Signatura" title="Apostolic Signatura">Apostolic Signatura</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a>'s highest court, declared that Sebelius <a href="/wiki/Catholic_politicians,_abortion_and_communion_or_excommunication" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic politicians, abortion and communion or excommunication">should not approach the altar</a> for <a href="/wiki/Eucharist" title="Eucharist">Communion</a> in the United States, saying that, "after pastoral <a href="/wiki/Admonition" title="Admonition">admonition</a>, she obstinately persists in serious <a href="/wiki/Sin" title="Sin">sin</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Kansas" title="Kansas City, Kansas">Kansas City</a> Archbishop <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Fred_Naumann" title="Joseph Fred Naumann">Joseph Fred Naumann</a> also asked that Sebelius no longer receive <a href="/wiki/Eucharist" title="Eucharist">Holy Communion</a> because of her position on abortion. Naumann criticized Sebelius for vetoing HS SB 389.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The action received mixed reviews in the <a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a> press.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Anti-abortion activists criticized Sebelius's HHS nomination because she had received donations to her campaign from <a href="/wiki/George_Tiller" title="George Tiller">George Tiller</a>, the medical director of an abortion clinic in Wichita.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Not long after Sebelius was sworn in as HHS Secretary, on May 31, 2009, <a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_George_Tiller" title="Assassination of George Tiller">Tiller was assassinated</a> by <a href="/wiki/Scott_Roeder" class="mw-redirect" title="Scott Roeder">Scott Roeder</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Morning-after_pill">Morning-after pill</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathleen_Sebelius&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Morning-after pill"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despite her pro-choice view, in December 2011, Sebelius overruled the FDA's recommendation on making the "<a href="/wiki/Morning-after_pill" class="mw-redirect" title="Morning-after pill">morning-after pill</a>" (Plan B One-Step) available over the counter for females under the age of 17.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> President Obama said that the decision was Sebelius's, not his.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Judge <a href="/wiki/Edward_R._Korman" title="Edward R. Korman">Edward R. Korman</a> of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York struck down this restriction, calling it "frivolous" and "silly", and alleging that pure politics — not scientific evidence — was behind efforts by Sebelius to block easier distribution to young girls. The Obama administration, in response, lowered the age limit from 17 to 15 but decided to appeal this ruling to maintain the loosened restrictions, in a move that was widely criticized by advocates of reproductive rights.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Capital_punishment">Capital punishment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathleen_Sebelius&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Capital punishment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sebelius is an opponent of <a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment" title="Capital punishment">capital punishment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During her first term, the <a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Kansas" title="Capital punishment in Kansas">Kansas capital punishment laws</a> were declared unconstitutional by the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Supreme_Court" title="Kansas Supreme Court">Kansas Supreme Court</a>. However, on <a href="/wiki/Appeal" title="Appeal">appeal</a> by <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Attorney_General" title="Kansas Attorney General">Kansas Attorney General</a> <a href="/wiki/Phill_Kline" title="Phill Kline">Phill Kline</a>, the ruling was again overturned and the current law reinstated by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Supreme Court">United States Supreme Court</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Drug_importation">Drug importation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathleen_Sebelius&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Drug importation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As governor of Kansas, Sebelius adopted a state <a href="/wiki/Gray_market" class="mw-redirect" title="Gray market">drug importation</a> program in 2004 to help her constituents afford prescription medication.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The program, called I-saveRx, connected individuals with and helped them buy medication from licensed pharmacies in Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The program later went on to include Australia and New Zealand.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to federal laws prohibiting personal drug importation under most circumstances, the FDA intercepted some prescription orders en route to Americans who participated in I-SaveRx; while in most cases prescription imports for personal use are not seized. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathleen_Sebelius&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:On_Thursday,_February_17,_HHS_Secretary_Kathleen_Sebelius_visited_the_Judy_Hoyer_Early_Learning_Center_at_Cool_Springs_Elementary_School_in_Adelphi,_Maryland_(4).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/On_Thursday%2C_February_17%2C_HHS_Secretary_Kathleen_Sebelius_visited_the_Judy_Hoyer_Early_Learning_Center_at_Cool_Springs_Elementary_School_in_Adelphi%2C_Maryland_%284%29.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/On_Thursday%2C_February_17%2C_HHS_Secretary_Kathleen_Sebelius_visited_the_Judy_Hoyer_Early_Learning_Center_at_Cool_Springs_Elementary_School_in_Adelphi%2C_Maryland_%284%29.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/On_Thursday%2C_February_17%2C_HHS_Secretary_Kathleen_Sebelius_visited_the_Judy_Hoyer_Early_Learning_Center_at_Cool_Springs_Elementary_School_in_Adelphi%2C_Maryland_%284%29.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3216" data-file-height="2136" /></a><figcaption>Sebelius at Cool Springs Elementary School in <a href="/wiki/Adelphi,_Maryland" title="Adelphi, Maryland">Adelphi, Maryland</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Early in the term, Sebelius made education funding her top priority. Education funding reached a breaking point in the summer of 2005 when the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Supreme_Court" title="Kansas Supreme Court">Kansas Supreme Court</a> ordered the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Legislature" title="Kansas Legislature">Legislature</a> to increase <a href="/wiki/K%E2%80%9312_(education)" class="mw-redirect" title="K–12 (education)">K–12</a> funding.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sebelius offered one education funding plan early in her first term, which consisted of property, sales, and income tax increases, resulting in 2006 in the largest K–12 education funding increase in the history of the state. The three-year plan aimed to increase education funding by nearly $1 billion over three years, but did not give a funding source for the second and third years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Environment">Environment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathleen_Sebelius&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Environment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sebelius chaired the Governors' Ethanol Coalition. In 2006, she requested that $200 million be allotted from the U.S. government to support the Department of Energy Biomass and Biorefinery Systems Research and Development Program.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She pushed for more widespread <a href="/wiki/Recycling" title="Recycling">recycling</a> efforts across the state.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, she vetoed bills authorizing the construction of coal-fired power plants on three separate occasions<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> saying in March 2008, "We know that <a href="/wiki/Greenhouse_gas" title="Greenhouse gas">greenhouse gases</a> contribute to <a href="/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a>. As an agricultural state, Kansas is particularly vulnerable. Therefore, reducing pollutants benefits our state not only in the short term — but also for generations of Kansans to come."<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 2, 2008, Sebelius spoke at the <a href="/wiki/American_Wind_Energy_Association" title="American Wind Energy Association">American Wind Energy Association</a> Conference, calling for greater federal support for <a href="/wiki/Wind_energy" class="mw-redirect" title="Wind energy">wind energy</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Renewable_energy" title="Renewable energy">renewable energy</a> resources.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Firearms">Firearms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathleen_Sebelius&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Firearms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Health_Care_Fraud_Press_Conference.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Health_Care_Fraud_Press_Conference.jpg/220px-Health_Care_Fraud_Press_Conference.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Health_Care_Fraud_Press_Conference.jpg/330px-Health_Care_Fraud_Press_Conference.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Health_Care_Fraud_Press_Conference.jpg/440px-Health_Care_Fraud_Press_Conference.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2080" data-file-height="1384" /></a><figcaption>Sebelius and <a href="/wiki/Eric_Holder" title="Eric Holder">Eric Holder</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Sebelius has said she supports Kansans' right to own firearms, but does not believe a broad <a href="/wiki/Concealed_carry" title="Concealed carry">concealed carry law</a> would make them safer: "I don't believe allowing people to carry concealed handguns into sporting events, shopping malls, grocery stores, or the workplace would be good public policy. And to me the likelihood of exposing children to loaded handguns in their parents' purses, pockets and automobiles is simply unacceptable."<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sebelius vetoed, like her Republican predecessor <a href="/wiki/Bill_Graves" title="Bill Graves">Bill Graves</a>, a concealed-carry law that would have allowed citizens to carry concealed weapons after obtaining a state permit and passing an <a href="/wiki/FBI" class="mw-redirect" title="FBI">FBI</a> background check.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The veto left Kansas, at the time, as one of four states without any form of a conceal-carry law. </p><p>On March 21, 2006, she vetoed Senate Bill 418, a similar concealed-carry bill. On March 25, her veto was overturned after the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_House_of_Representatives" title="Kansas House of Representatives">Kansas House of Representatives</a> voted 91–33 to override it. This followed the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Senate" title="Kansas Senate">Kansas Senate</a>'s 30-10 override vote, which occurred the day after her veto.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 21, 2008, Sebelius signed Senate Bill 46 into law, which repealed a 1933 state law prohibiting civilian ownership of <a href="/wiki/Machine_gun" title="Machine gun">machine guns</a> and other firearms restricted by the <a href="/wiki/National_Firearms_Act" title="National Firearms Act">National Firearms Act</a> of 1934, specifically permitting ownership by civilians successfully meeting the requirements of the NFA. The law was passed in part to address legal issues that could have prevented dealers from delivering firearms to law enforcement agencies in Kansas. The law took effect on July 1, 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="LGBT_issues">LGBT issues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathleen_Sebelius&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: LGBT issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sebelius did not support an <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Amendment_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Kansas Amendment 1">April 2005 amendment</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="Kansas Constitution">Kansas Constitution</a> that made <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" title="Same-sex marriage">same-sex marriage</a> in the state unconstitutional. Sebelius said she supported the existing state law outlawing same-sex marriage, viewing it as sufficient,<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and therefore opposed the constitutional amendment. The amendment passed with 70% voter approval. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Subsequent_career">Subsequent career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathleen_Sebelius&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Subsequent career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After leaving the Obama cabinet, Sebelius founded and became CEO of Sebelius Resources LLC, which provides strategic advice to private companies, non-profit organizations, higher education institutions, and financial investors. </p><p>Sebelius serves as a member of the boards of directors of companies including <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dermira_Inc.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dermira Inc. (page does not exist)">Dermira Inc.</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Grand_Rounds,_Inc.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grand Rounds, Inc. (page does not exist)">Grand Rounds, Inc.</a>, Exact Sciences, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Humacyte_Inc.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Humacyte Inc. (page does not exist)">Humacyte Inc.</a>, and of the Estee Lauder Foundation and the <a href="/wiki/Kaiser_Family_Foundation" title="Kaiser Family Foundation">Kaiser Family Foundation</a>. In 1978, she was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Common_Cause" title="Common Cause">Common Cause</a> National Governing Board. She serves on advisory boards for the <a href="/wiki/Dole_Institute_of_Politics" class="mw-redirect" title="Dole Institute of Politics">Dole Institute of Politics</a> and Solera Health. Sebelius is a senior advisor to Out Leadership and the <a href="/wiki/Aspen_Institute" title="Aspen Institute">Aspen Institute</a>, where she co-chairs the Aspen Health Strategy Group. Sebelius is a frequent keynote speaker for national and international organizations.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathleen_Sebelius&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>She married <a href="/wiki/K._Gary_Sebelius" title="K. Gary Sebelius">K. Gary Sebelius</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the son of former Republican <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">Congressman</a> <a href="/wiki/Keith_Sebelius" title="Keith Sebelius">Keith Sebelius</a>. The wedding was held in the Ohio Governor's Mansion in 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have two sons: Ned (b. 1982) and John (b. 1985).<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her husband served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Kansas for 16 years until his retirement in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Her family has a vacation home built by her grandfather located in <a href="/wiki/Leland,_Michigan" title="Leland, Michigan">Leland, Michigan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An avid fan of jazz music, Sebelius annually attended the <a href="/wiki/Jazz_Fest" class="mw-redirect" title="Jazz Fest">Jazz Fest</a> in <a href="/wiki/Music_of_New_Orleans#Jazz" title="Music of New Orleans">New Orleans</a> for thirty years.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She also runs in her spare time.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathleen_Sebelius&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/Kansas_gubernatorial_election,_2002" class="mw-redirect" title="Kansas gubernatorial election, 2002">Kansas gubernatorial election 2002</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #3333FF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Kathleen Sebelius</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">435,462 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">52.9 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E81B23; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Tim_Shallenburger" title="Tim Shallenburger">Tim Shallenburger</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">371,325 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">45.3 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/Kansas_gubernatorial_election,_2006" class="mw-redirect" title="Kansas gubernatorial election, 2006">Kansas gubernatorial election 2006</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #3333FF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Kathleen Sebelius (incumbent)</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">480,532 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">57.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.9 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E81B23; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Barnett_(Kansas_politician)" title="Jim Barnett (Kansas politician)">Jim Barnett</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">336,583 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">40.5 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathleen_Sebelius&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: See 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Runnels</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_House_of_Representatives" title="Kansas House of Representatives">Kansas House of Representatives</a><br />from the 56th district </b><br />1987–1995 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Nancy A. 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text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Kansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Kansas">Governor of Kansas</a> </b><br />2003–2009 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Parkinson" title="Mark Parkinson">Mark Parkinson</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Leavitt" title="Mike Leavitt">Mike Leavitt</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="United States Secretary of Health and Human Services">United States Secretary of Health and Human Services</a> </b><br />2009–2014 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Mathews_Burwell" title="Sylvia Mathews Burwell">Sylvia Mathews Burwell</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Feleciano" title="Paul Feleciano">Paul Feleciano</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Insurance_Commissioner" title="Kansas Insurance Commissioner">Kansas Insurance Commissioner</a> </b><br />1994, 1998 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Garner_(American_politician)" title="Jim Garner (American politician)">Jim Garner</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a 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